Improvement in doob-holder



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Lam-s Param: No. 65,566, ma June 11, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOORfHOLDER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, JOHN J. HARRIS and ISAAC H. MOSHER, of Greene, in the county ot' Chenango, iii the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the Method of Fastening Doors or Gates, and holding them ajar or open, and securing them from moving at any desired point within the range of their swing; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the samefrefcrence beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical front view ofthe sharp-pointed slidebolt screw-fastening.

Figure 2 shows an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 shows the xture as applied to a door, holding it ajar or a trie open.

The object of our invention is to more rmly fasten the bottom of' doors and gates when closed, and make them more secure from being pressed or pried open, and also to hold them from being moved-by currents of air and banging when left open or ajar for the purpose of ventilation.

Our invention consists of the application of a long, sharp-pointed sliding-bolt, in which the knob or handle operates as a set-screw to hold the bolt from sliding up or down, the bolt being attached to `one side of one of the door-Stiles at the bottom, so that the long round-point will reach the door-sill and floor at any place within Athe range of opening, or, when used on out-door gates, will penetrate the ground to effect the same purpose.

That others may be' enabled to make and use our invention, We will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings and to the letters marked thereon.

The slide-bolt A may be of flat, square, or round iron, and secured to a metal plate, B,Vin the ordinary manner. The lower end of the bolt is'furnished with a long, tapering point, a, made quite sharp, so as to easily take a firm hold ofthe wood of the door whenever it is pressed down upon it, or into the ground when used on a. swinging gate out of doors. The handle or knob C is provided with a screw, b, which is fitted into the slidingbolt A, so that it operates as a thumb-nut or set-screw against the plate B to hold the bolt A from sliding either up or down. When the bolt is drawn up and the screw tightened, the door o r gate will be free to open or close the same as'i' there were no apparatus for holding. When the door or gate is closed the bolt will give additional security to the fastening.

In many houses and sleeping apartments there is no other mode of Ventilating the rooms but by leaving the doors ajar or partly open, and if there is a circulation of air through the house the doors will be constantly creaking on their hinges or banging together. And oftentimes about a farm-house or barn-yard it is desirable to' have a gate a little way open to let poultry, pigs, or other small animals pass and not let swine or cattle.

through. lIhus it'will be seen that our mode of holding `a door or gate in any position by the meansabove described, although it does not possess great novelty, has much practical utility.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l As an article of manufacture, th bolt A, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified. i l

In testimony whereof we hereunto subscribeour names on this twenty-ninth day of January, 1867. i i JOHN J. HARRIS,

ISAAC I-I. MOSHER.

Witnesses:

M. M. Woon, CnAs. GRAY. 

